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If you want a nine-to-five existence with weekends off then don't be a musician. I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing now if I had children. But it hasn't worked out like that.

— Joanna MacGregor

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Once you start cancelling, there's always something which is not quite right.

I quite like shutting the door, putting the answering machine on and sitting at the piano for six or seven hours.

Memory is the fear, and I play most of my repertoire from memory.

As a musician you can cover everything. I'm not just a concert pianist.

My favorite composers tend to be great improvisers as well as great players. It doesn't matter whether they're contemporary or classical.

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